The visual effects and digital animation communities are in the enviable position of witnessing the positive impact of VFX on the box office. We are seeing profits rise continually, with a movie like ...
July 9, 2012
It is common for moviemakers and video producers to use sliders with interviews and other scenes that show little action. The motion produced by slowly sliding the video camera along a rail adds visua ...
July 2, 2012
GenArts is one of the tops visual effects plug-in companies in the world. They are widely known for their set of Sapphire plug-ins, which set the standard by which other plug-ins are judged. This rele ...
June 14, 2012
When Microsoft Studios asked composer Gordy Haab what he thought was the best way for Kinect Star Wars to meet the production value of the original film scores, Haab jokingly said, “The London Symphon ...
June 8, 2012
Producers of Oscar-winning film The Shore accepted an Academy Award without knowing if the original director’s cut would ever be viewed again. The father/daughter team, Terry and Oorlagh George, exper ...
June 1, 2012
As a visual effects firm, we often experience duality not only in the effects we produce, but also when piecing together the creative vision we pitch to our clients. Case in point: I jumped for joy re ...
May 31, 2012
When Avid announced the release of Pro Tools 10, I couldn’t help but roll my eyes. Hadn’t Pro Tools 9 just come out? Jump cut to last year’s AES convention, I had the opportunity to see an Avid presen ...
May 24, 2012
News from throughout the Stock Footage industry.
May 14, 2012
I’d like to start off with a little background on our company. Setup8 opened in mid-2011 by Roger Sparwasser, lead 3D specialist; Ivo Nieth, our main guy for project management and all things client c ...
May 9, 2012
A hero’s work is never done. In Wrath of the Titans, Warner Bros' epic reworking of Greek mythology, Sam Worthington's Perseus must battle warring deities, rescue the father of the gods and save manki ...
May 8, 2012